Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Buy Now 08 mm (w) x 48

08 mm (w) x 48

Launched in 1911

Upon returning to North America

with the middle two digits of his service number unidentifiable

(Ordre de la Couronne

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Auxiliary Cruiser War Badge, By Schwerin & Sohn Buy Now 08 mm (w) x 48(Kriegsabzeichen fr Hilfskreuzer). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink with aluminum, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of the Northern Hemisphere topped by a Viking longship cutting through waves, the reverse with a single visible rivet securing the obverse globe in place, the reverse with a barrel hinge